clear out
Example Sentences
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While an ex-smoker’s lungs can clear out after quitting, one important element doesn’t recover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Boreal forests are also supposed to burn on an infrequent basis, in order to open up certain pine cones and spread their seeds, or to clear out lower tree branches.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
Without frequent fire to clear out the understory of a forest, California woodlands have grown five to six times denser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
He wasn’t the only one to clear out his direct holdings.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Now and again, in the intervals between songs, the whales have been seen to breach, leaping clear out of the sea and landing on their backs, awash in the turbulence of their beating flippers.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
